Corner Cottage Church Lane Ashmansworth Hampshire RG20 9SG Data via plota.co.uk

T/00416/26/TCA - Works to Trees - Conservation Areas Pending

Proposal

T1 - Pittosporum (next to driveway): Reduce in height by 50% and trim round to shape (starting height 5 metres, finished height 2.5 metres) T2 - Cherry (next to house): Crown reduce and shape by 30% all round (starting height 8 metres, finished height 6 metres) T3 - Walnut (rear garden): Crown reduce and shape by 30% all round (starting height 8 metres, finished height 6 metres) T4 - Cherry (rear garden): Crown reduce and shape by 30% all round (starting height 8 metres, finished height 6 metres) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 8 Oct 2026, from Basingstoke's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 1 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 7

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Ashmansworth conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Open access land 39 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Works to Trees - Conservation Areas
Postcode
RG20 9SG
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
10 Sept 2026
Ward
Evingar
Parish
ASHMANSWORTH CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Foxes Tree Services & Son Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Basingstoke usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 28.

Day 452 days to the 56-day target
98%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
278decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Basingstoke in the last twelve months, from validation. Basingstoke decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15209648
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Basingstoke
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#143 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Basingstoke ranks #189 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Basingstoke decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #75 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #49 of 296
59%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #189 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #198 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
150 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,076
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026